Incidents

Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz
Acts of War

Iran warns Persian Gulf subsea cables are targets if war resumes

Reuters
Black Sea
Acts of War

Romania accuses Russia of escalation after fatal cargo ship attack

Reuters
UK Royal Navy's P283 HMS Mersey and P282 HMS Severn shadow Russian Navy's RFN Boikiy along English Channel
Crime & Piracy

Royal Navy sailor faces court over Russian espionage charges

Reuters
Map showing Indonesia and its offshore areas
Crime & Piracy

Indonesia intercepts tanker from Malaysia carrying illegal drugs worth nearly $200m

Reuters
Ships at anchor in the Singapore Strait
Crime & Piracy

January-September reported Asian piracy and armed robbery incidents drop by 58 per cent in 2026

Will Xavier
CMA CGM Petra, a sister ship of CMA CGM Pointe Noire
Accidents

CMA CGM containership strikes crane at Italy’s Livorno Port

Jens Karsten
The Project ST192 factory trawler Kapitan Yunak built by United Shipbuilding Corporation's Admiralty Shipyards
Crime & Piracy

Investigation links 17 Russian trawlers to more than 500 incidents near UK subsea cables

Gareth Havelock
The Russian hovercraft ferry Vasily Ilyin (representative photo only)
Search and Rescue

Hovercraft crews rescue 128 passengers from grounded river ferry in eastern Russia

Gareth Havelock
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

Greece-Panama law firm sanctioned by US for aiding Iranian shipping

Reuters
SalMar
Accidents

Worker airlifted to hospital after crushing accident at SalMar fish farm in Norway

Alan Bosworth
A vessel attempts to extinguish the blaze on the Abkatun-H production platform in the Bay of Campeche off Mexico, October 19, 2026.
Incidents

Fire ignites on unmanned offshore platform in Mexico's Bay of Campeche

Jens Karsten
Other vessels attempt to extinguish the blaze on the ferry Batumandi near Indonesia's Merak Port, October 20, 2026
Accidents

Multiple vessels respond after ferry catches fire off Merak, Indonesia

Gareth Havelock
Aquacharm
Accidents

Vietnamese authorities order tug standby after bulk carrier strikes unfinished wharf

Gareth Havelock
Map of Cuba
Crime & Piracy

Communist-led Cuba accuses US of harbouring terrorists after boat clash

Reuters
A Swiss Army Ribcraft RIB
Accidents

Three injured in army training boat accident on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland

Will Xavier
The US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Active during an interdiction operation in the Pacific Ocean in late 2020
Accidents

US Coast Guard suspends search for 11 missing following boat sinking off Mexico

Will Xavier
The charred wreck of the Philippine ferry June Aster. The vessel caught fire while underway off Palawan province on the late evening of September 9, 2026. Seventy-seven people who were on the ferry perished in the tragedy while 43 were rescued and another eight remain unaccounted for as of September 28, 2026.
Accidents

Philippine officials link fatal ferry fire to unsecured chemical cargo

Will Xavier
Aegean Sea
Crime & Piracy

12 illegal migrants dead as boats overturn during coast guard chase off Greece

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Acts of War

Two tankers catch fire in Strait of Hormuz mine blasts, Iran says

Reuters
AIDAnova
Search and Rescue

Cruise ship rescues four from burning Danish fishing vessel in Skagerrak

Gareth Havelock
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